'Coming of Age' Movies; your vote?

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<p>Harold and Maude :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, but what age?? I loved it too and so did my teenaged son when we saw it together.</p>

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<p>My favorite coming of age TV show was Life Goes On and I was in my early 30’s when I watched it!</p>

<p>Every once in a while, I check the web to see if someone has come up with a DVD of all the episodes.</p>

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<p>I just wanted to second some of the nominations:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Good Will Hunting
Cider House Rules (book was good. is the movie?[also, is separate peace a movie?])
Animal House</p>

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<p>Pink Floyd’s The Wall
Waking Life
What the Bleep Do We Know?
Rock Star</p>

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<p>This probably sounds really immature, but Eurotrip. One must admit that Scotty eventually comes of age, and at the end of the movie, “Scotty does know”</p>

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<p>Carnal Knowledge
The Chocolate War
The Harrad Experiment
Red Sky at Morning
IT - I read the book once when I was stranded and had nothing else to read (long story). The book focuses much more on the characters as children and King handles the “coming of age” element as well as he does in Stand By Me</p>

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<p>Would you plz explain how “Carnal Knowledge” fit into this theme?</p>

<p>Coming-of-Age I think means entering adulthood from one’s formative years. Carnal is dealing with adult problems.</p>

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<p>“Harold and Maude”</p>

<p>I never understood that one. Wasn’t that about an elderly woman seducing a young boy? Sounds a bit perverted. I did see it about 25 years ago and that’s what I remember, anyway. Maybe I misunderstood the movie…maybe???</p>

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<p>Harold & Maude is one of my favorites. The humor comes from the fact that Harold, the young man is obsessed with death (the funniest moments are his suicide attempts to shock his mother) and Maude, the old lady (brilliantly played by Ruth Gordon) who is full of life. Great soundtrack by Yusef Islam (the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens).</p>

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<p>“The Commitments”</p>

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<p>Harold and Maude was the one that came to my mind immediately, followed rapidly by Last Picture Show… and then Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which I made my kids watch with me while they were in high school. My son’s question: “Mom, what message are you trying to send here?”</p>

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<p>now and then
my girl
spanglish</p>